Massachusetts: Going Big on Wind Power

[mountaineer]

Going big on wind power
Three firms pay up for offshore leases
By Marie Szaniszlo
 Boston Herald
PUBLISHED: December 22, 2018 at 10:12 pm | UPDATED: December 23, 2018 at 4:53 am

After a groundswell of opposition ultimately doomed Cape Wind’s plan to build a wind farm in Nantucket Sound, something stunning happened this month: Eleven developers vied for three tracts of ocean off Massachusetts’ coast in a two-day bidding war that resulted in the highest-grossing offshore wind sale lease ever.

The winners — New Bedford-based Vineyard Wind, the Norwegian company Equinor and Mayflower Wind, a joint venture owned by Shell and EDP Renewables — each paid $135 million for the right to build some of the country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farms, which the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says, together, could produce enough energy to power more than 1.5 million homes.   ...

Jack Clarke, director of public policy for Mass Audubon, said the organization helped select the three tracts of ocean that the Interior Department auctioned off this month.

“Environmental review is years away, but we would be very involved in that process as well,” Clarke said. “We would make sure the wind farms are not built in the migratory paths of birds and sea turtles, or during migration season, when construction noise would bother the whales.”
Full story at Boston Herald

[Hoodat]

This shows how much the political power of the Kennedy family has waned, since the Kennedys have been the principal roadblock for wind energy in Massachusetts for many years.

[mountaineer]

Meanwhile, in West Virginia:

Three lawsuits filed against New Creek Wind for negative health effects
By Kyla Asbury | Jan 1, 2019

ELKINS — Three complaints were filed against New Creek Wind in federal court alleging negative effects on the health and well-being of several residents.

New Creek Mountain Sportsman's Club; Helen Evans Swiger, Holly Evans Mick and Jill M. Evans; and Glendora Woods filed their lawsuits against New Creek Wind, Everpower Wind Holdings, Enbridge Holdings and Enbridge Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia at Elkins.

Beginning in November 2016, the defendants' wind turbines have generated noises that have adversely affected the plaintiffs, according to the suits.

"Specifically, while the plaintiffs are outside on their property, they are confronted with irritating and unabated audible noise which significantly limits the use and enjoyment of their property and results in annoyance, along with other symptoms..." one of the complaints states.

The New Creek Mountain Sportsman's Club claims its members suffer from headaches, rapid heartbeat, fatigue, hearing problems and other issues while on the hunting lodge's property. ...   Full story

[Smokin Joe]

This shows how much the political power of the Kennedy family has waned, since the Kennedys have been the principal roadblock for wind energy in Massachusetts for many years.

And one of the main sources of hot air...

[Restored]

Greenies don't want alternative energy sources.
They want control of you. If they can ration energy, they can gain your allegiance.

[Smokin Joe]

Greenies don't want alternative energy sources.
They want control of you. If they can ration energy, they can gain your allegiance.

I wouldn't call flogging people into submission "allegiance", although there are those who would sell their souls to their new masters to stay warm--and others who would sell even cheaper.